1) The Valiant Five (10 marks) Provide a brief description of the importance of the legal case honoured by the “Valiant Five/Famous Five” monument in terms of the development of Canadian law. Include what the case was about, when it got resolved and what was its outcome. The Valiant Five were a group of five Alberta women: Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Muir Edwards. They petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question “Does the word ‘Persons’ in section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include females?”.…
As you are reading this article today, remember that although Aboriginal people make up only 3% of Australia’s total population, they represent over 28% (9,940 adult prisoners) of Australia’s prison population in 2015 and this number is rising. To combat this issue, the Murri Court was established. The Murri Court was founded in Queensland in 2002 in response to the increasing representation of Indigenous Australian people in prison. This court sentences Indigenous offenders who plead guilty to offences which fall within the jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court, for example assault or theft.…
Aboriginal land rights is the return of the land which was unfairly taken from them on the original settlement of Australia. Eddie koiki Mabo fought against this and tried to save the meriam islands from the Queensland government who tried to deny them use of their own lands Mabo was strongly against this as his people had been there longer then anyone could remember. He claimed they had lived in permanent communities and had their own political and social organisations in their community. The qld government began to try and take over the native Aboriginals way of life on mer island. But Mabo felt so strongly on this issue that he lead a court case trying to deny the government any chance of taking their land but the case also aimed to allow…
In Australian history the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia were not treated with the respect and dignity that they deserve, they have been the protectors of this land for many years before British colonised here, they lived from the land and they had a very strong community based life. After years of demoralising them and taking their basic ways of life away from them, we now have certain policies and procedures in place to bring the equality back. From the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Health Plan 2013-2023 the government is committed to improving health and wellbeing through closing the gap in health outcomes with the wider Australian population. In the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Health…
Indigenous Australian Youth Introduction (100 words) Although the ongoing efforts to close the inequality gap between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, statistics show that Indigenous Australian youth still face significant disadvantages. This report will discuss the disadvantages Indigenous youth face in education and the criminal justice system by using up-to-date statistics to illustrate this. Additionally, this report will link these disadvantages with unit concepts to further explain why these forms of inequality are occurring and continuing. This report will refer to key concepts; the definitions are provided here.…
Aboriginal Protection Boards (“APB”) practiced different measures to control the lives of Aboriginal people in the twentieth century through a form of dispossession. Throughout their lives, Aboriginals, were humiliated, discriminated against and living substandard conditions and facing inequality, was a norm. The APB dispossessed of many imperative and meaningful influences within the Aboriginal people’s lives, work, families and place of residence. The Aboriginal Protection Boards were seen as the “legal” way to condemn the Aborigines, this defined the Boards as superior, granting them substantial authority. This power equipped them in controlling the Aboriginal people’s lives accordingly to their desires and undermining the true intellectuality…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders don't like to feel lonely. Activites of interest include walking, socialising (yarning) - particularly with those from their own community (mob), doing exercises / sporting activities, going on outings with people from their own commuity and doing cultural things e.g. singing songs/hymns in language and celebrating Aboriginal ways Reminiscence: •Smell or taste - Using smell kits, different foods. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are very earthy people and quickly pick up on smells. Suggestions include; wattleseed,…
The importance of the court can be seen through the development of the legislation and their essential role in Native Title matters. Aboriginal ownership of land has always been recognised by Britain; however, despite British recognition, the colonists in Australia managed to officially disregard this recognition by creating Australian law on the concept of ‘Terra Nullius’. Terra Nullius is the fiction that Australia was unoccupied at the time of colonisation. Many land councils and aboriginal organisations throughout Australia lobbied the Federal Government to protect any native title and fought for a more flexible and appropriate system than the one offered through the courts. It wasn’t until 1992 that Native title was first recognised in…
Indigenous education across Australia has been gradually improving as we become more aware; however it is still drastically behind the standards of non-indigenous students. Therefore it is our responsibility as teachers to become aware of continual issues that have arisen and address them to enable progress. We must examine the ways in which we can Engage and encourage learning within our English classrooms. Before we begin I must tell you my personal experiences and explain why this is an important issue that I endeavour to discuss. I grew up within the far south coast community of the Bega Valley Shire home to the Yuin indigenous group.…
Aboriginals represent 3% of the population but 27% of the nation’s jail population. This is outrageous as it shows that race plays a major role in people being incarcerated. This problem stems from the racial divide which is embedded in our society still today. Although we believe that we have gotten past the discrimination that the indigenous Australians face it is still a major problem facing Australian society.…
Archaeologist and anthropologist have debated about the nature of gender role in Aboriginal societies (Williams and Jolly, 1992:10). Because by the time they have tried to understand the role of gender in the Aboriginals. The Aboriginal way of living has changed, the European way of living has impacted on aboriginal culture. The European colonisers have brought with them a set of European gender concepts to Australia (Rose, 1996:28). These concepts have changed the living standards and gender roles of the Aboriginal community.…
Respect My Value is respect, In Aboriginal and Torres straight Islander cultures, respect is the key to trust and co-operation, therefore promotes dignity and recognition. Showing respect means that you acknowledges peoples right to their own values, norms and aspirations. Aboriginal worldview of Youth suicide Indigenous Australians worldview of health is more multidimensional then that of western views.…
The pre contact Indigenous society was egalitarian, were everyone’s roles were equally valued. Egalitarian does not mean that the roles of each individual were equal but that the tasks of the elderly, the women, and the men were of equal value because the Aboriginal understood that each individual had an equal fundamental worth. For the Indigenous there was no role that was understood as bigger or more important, the roles of the men and women were complimentary to each other. This is the kind of culture that the Europeans encountered, which was very different from their patriarchy society; where the man held authority over women and children. Being able to see the difference in the two societies, it understandable that when contact happened…
Criminologists have often criticised police for not reflecting society’s diversity in its staffing profile, but this is not really a significant issue as it does not impact on policing practices. Do you agree with this statement, why or why not? Australia is a highly diverse country, that prides itself in being a place of acceptance and fairness. While that is correct for society, there is one place where diversity is lacking; the Australian police force. Consisting mainly of Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual males, the police has always been this way for a long period of time.…
Structural barrier is caused by the deeply entrenched institutional racism and white privilege in the Australian health system. Henry, Houston, and Mooney (2004) described the impacts of colonisation and its consequences to the well-being of Indigenous Australians. Little was done to address the impartiality they experience with the health system in spite of the government being aware of their current situation (Henry, Houston, & Mooney 2004). Conversely, the government’s effort to provide culturally secure services to Aboriginal people does not materialise due to inadequate funding (Henry, Houston, & Mooney 2004). In addition, the idea that the Indigenous Australians are able to cope with the changes within the health system is also a major drawback for them (McBain-Rigg and Veitch, 2011).…